my blankie from my great grandma...

i did not learn to knit from a favorite great aunt or grandma. my mom claims that she taught me how to knit, however i distinctly remember reading a book to learn... (i would like to mention that my mom has knitted 1 1/2 scarves over the course of her life... a voracious knitter she is not... :) )

anyway, no one in my life was a big knitter, although my great grandma (my mom's grandma) was a crocheter until she couldn't see well enough to do it. i don't really remember sitting around watching her crochet, although she made have shown me a thing or two... i don't remember her making us tons of things either. however she did make both my brother and i blankets. big twin bed sized blankets. it was the seventies, so while mine was pink, it had accents of tan and browns. :) my brothers was nasty green and the same tans and browns. :) go 70s!

i had been thinking about this blanket a week or two ago. i haven't seen it in years, i kinda thought it was long long gone. the other day though i was upstairs at my mom's house and popped my head into the attic. first thing i saw was my blanket!

crappy acryllic with lots of pills. :) but i still love it. my great grandma passed away 5 years ago and we miss her alot. however i feel so lucky that i still have this heirloom with me.

i washed it and it looks great! i'm so excited.